leave out

verb

left out; leaving out; leaves out

: to not include or mention (someone or something)

The movie leaves a lot out of the story.

Did everyone get a piece of cake? I don't want to leave anyone out.

They always leave her out of the conversation.

Examples of leave out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then on Thursday, apparently not wanting to be left out of the publicity party, rival AI frontier lab Anthropic confessed its own sandbox breakout incidents, three at the present accounting. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

But by leaving out Clark, people start hammering their socials, thereby injecting Ion and the WNBA into people's feeds. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Fernandes was left out of Roberto Martinez’s World Cup squad after making his debut in a friendly against the United States in March. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

And they weren't left out of it when penalization was more of the norm. — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for leave out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout